Recently Baidu PPC accounts become the target of hackers; if your company runs paid search on Baidu, make sure your account is safe and what to do next if it’s hacked. It’s time to check with your account manager or consultant if any of the following happens: Account suspended due to “illegal” keywords and/or ad […]
Baidu Displaying Certified Travel Agency Icon in SERPs
Baidu started to show a green icon in its SERPs, indicating the website is certified travel agency by China Air Transport Association. So far there are about 200 websites showing this green “certified” icon. CATA certification is an essential qualification in the regular ticket agent.
China Search Engine Market Share by Revenue Q1 2012
Analysis International, a China Internet research company, released search engine market data for the first quarter in 2012. Total revenue in Q1 has grown by 70.4% (YoY) to 5.53 billion yuan (USD$877 million) though it’s dropped by 4.7% compared to the previous quarter.
Google Decorates Its SERP for Chinese Qingming Festival
Qingming Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day is a traditional Chinese festival on the 108th day after the winter solstice. And, Google has just decorated its search results pages on Qingming Festival or Qingming. Besides a Chinese painting showing a willow and a poem, you will also see an animation. If you click on the white […]
Baidu SERP Integrates Baidu Maps Listing
Baidu has recently integrated its Maps listings into search results pages, just like what Google has been doing.
Baidu Showed Its Commitment in Southeast Asian Markets with Joint Lab in Singapore
Called the Baidu-I²R Research Center (BIRC), the joint laboratory by Baidu and I²R (Institute for Infocomm Research, a research institute of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research, or A*STAR) will operate as an R&D unit at the Fusionopolis research complex in Singapore. The launch of BRIC showed Baidu’s commitment to enhance its products in Southeast Asia. Initially, […]
Baidu To Enhance Geo-targeting Feature
For those who are familiar with AdWords’ geographic targeting feature, you know that your ads could also appear to those use physical location term in the search queries even though they are not physically in the location you specify. And, this is not the case on Baidu. Baidu, however, will launch a new feature this […]
China Search Engine Market Summary for 2011
Total revenue of China search engine market last year reached 18.78 billion yuan, up 11.7% from 2010. Baidu leads search engine market with a market share of 76.1% by revenue while Google’s down to 19.8%. Sogou and Soso expanded their market share to 2.3% and 1.4% respectively.
Baidu Integrating Social Into Search Results Similar to “Google +1”
Baidu is found been testing Google +1 like features in its search results pages, like the screenshot shown above. A thumb up icon is displayed with a number in SERPs beside the display URL, like the Facebook Like box. Visit this link (“Baidu”) or this one (“Guge”, Google’s Chinese brand name) or this (“Sogou”) to have […]
Baidu Integrates Transport Info In Search Results
Just in time for China’s big holiday, spring festival, Baidu’s Box Computing initiative has come out with its real-time flight status inquiry service, integrated in the search results. When a user searches on Baidu using “flight number”?she can view the real-time flight status on top of the search results like the screenshot shown above. Similarly, […]
Chinese Banks To Benefit from Internet User Data Leak
The user IDs, passwords and email addresses of more than 6 million accounts registered on CSDN were leaked two weeks ago. You may want to check whether your account is already a public secret using Am I Hacked. However, Chinese banks will benefit from this attack as China Ministry of Public Security now requires that leading search […]
Baidu Launched Open Beta Test Platform
Baidu officially released its Open Beta Test Platform last Tuesday, a convenient “one-stop shop” for users interested in participating the latest Baidu products testing. Upon signing in, users will discover a personal center, a mission assignment square, an on-the-spot survey column, a gifts center, and an accomplishment column. Users can click on the button “receive […]
China’s Search Engine Market Update for Q3 2011
China web search requests amounted to 77.51 billion times in Q3 2011, up 6.1% from Q2 and 16.3% from Q3 2010 according to research company iResearch.
Top 10 Searched Auto Brands in Oct 2011 [CHART]
According to Hitwise data, the most searched for auto brand is Volkswagen in both September and October.
5 Ways to Search Weibo in China
Weibo, previously known as Sina Weibo, has 550 million monthly active users in March 2020, remaining one of the top social media platforms in China. For businesses and brands, Weibo search engine could be very useful to identify valuable customer and market insights.